Re: compress files
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 09:24:23AM -0500, tsitras@linuxmail.org wrote:
> hello fellas. i was looking for a way to compress files (.wav) older than 30 days.
> i created a small script to do the job.
> #!/bin.bash
>
> FILES=`find . -mtime -30 | xargs`
> tar --no-recursion -czf backup_ *feb*_2013.tgz "${FILES}"
> rm -rf "${FILES}"
> the compressed files have the following format
> g303- *20130205*-060552-1360037152.419.wav
> i am stuck on how to edit the script so it will automatically create the month of the backup. Now the naming is manual.
> any suggestions please?
man date
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